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legalcode-eu-dma-compliance

Assess compliance with the EU Digital Markets Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, "DMA") for any organisation that may be a gatekeeper or that provides products or services on a designated gatekeeper's core platform service. Covers: gatekeeper designation thresholds (Art. 3), core platform service (CPS) classification (Art. 2), Art. 5 per se prohibitions (data combination, MFN/parity clauses, anti-steering, multi-homing restrictions, exclusive pre-installation), Art. 6 contestability obligations (self-preferencing, FRAND access, sideloading/alternative app stores, data portability, interoperability of hardware features), Art. 7 messaging interoperability (NICS cross-platform communication), Art. 8 compliance framework establishment, Art. 11 annual compliance reporting, Art. 13 anti-circumvention, Art. 15 consumer profiling audit, Art. 18 systematic non-compliance and structural remedies, Art. 28 compliance officer and function requirements, Commission enforcement (fines up to 10%/20% of global turnover), interaction with GDPR/competition law, and designated gatekeeper CPS mapping. Use when advising a potential gatekeeper on designation risk, conducting a DMA gap analysis, preparing an annual compliance report, responding to a Commission information request, building a DMA compliance programme from scratch, advising a third-party developer or business user on their DMA rights, or assessing enforcement exposure after the April 2025 Apple/Meta fines.